you are thinking of serial killers. But i can try. this stuff takes a long time to dig up though, so bear with me.

or help...

And lo, Kano looked down upon the field and saw the multitudes. Amongst them were the disciples of Uesheba who were greatly vexed at his sayings. And Kano spake: "Do not be concerned with the mote in thy neighbor's eye, when verily thou hast a massive stick in thine ass".

And lo, Kano looked down upon the field and saw the multitudes. Amongst them were the disciples of Uesheba who were greatly vexed at his sayings. And Kano spake: "Do not be concerned with the mote in thy neighbor's eye, when verily thou hast a massive stick in thine ass".

I didn't go to the spreadsheets, but I didn't see any immediate correlation between murder and either population density or education - so far, poverty is our best predictor.

I wonder if the trying to correlate the type of murder (murder 1, murder2, manslaughter, etc.) or "reason," for murder (crime of passion, financial gain, depression, etc.) would have a discernible demographic or geographic dimension... I'll try to find some stats along these lines to play with.

I think serial killers tend to be perceived as having a higher IQ because they usually are able to conceal their crimes by having no connection to the victim. So they seem more clever because they are able to elude the police

I think serial killers tend to be perceived as having a higher IQ because they usually are able to conceal their crimes by having no connection to the victim. So they seem more clever because they are able to elude the police

"Serial" killings have nothing to do with intelligence, concealing the crimes, or having connection to victims.

Serial killings are recurring murders that are unique events, as opposed to a single event.

"If you have low poverty AND low urbanization, you are likely to have low murder rates."

individually, low poverty or low urbanization are not that strongly correlated, but when both are present, it almost always means low murder rate.

That seems to be a big part of it, anyway.

And lo, Kano looked down upon the field and saw the multitudes. Amongst them were the disciples of Uesheba who were greatly vexed at his sayings. And Kano spake: "Do not be concerned with the mote in thy neighbor's eye, when verily thou hast a massive stick in thine ass".

Thanks for posting this. I haven't had time to crunch the numbers, but doesn't it look as if the US has more murders just from people killing each other with their bare hands than many other countries in our peer group's overall murder rate?

Mushi mo atsui hodo
Mushiatsui

Originally Posted by chuey...Well **** if that isn't the most anti-Mr. Miyagi **** I have heard in ages.